Arrangement inserted into the traffic bollard

ABSTRACT

“ARRANGEMENT INSERTED INTO THE TRAFFIC BOLLARD”, being the traffic bollard indicated by the numeric reference ( 1 ), wherein it is composed by a solid base ( 2 ), which presents a basic truncated cone shape; the base ( 2 ) presents a concentric internal cavity ( 3 ), which includes two annular recesses equally concentric, being the concentric annular recess with larger diameter indicated by the reference ( 4 ) and the other concentric annular recess with smaller diameter indicated by the reference ( 5 ); the concentric annular recess with larger diameter ( 4 ) is aligned with the contouring wall ( 6 ) surrounding and delimiting the cavity ( 3 ), while the concentric annular recess with smaller diameter ( 5 ) is positioned around a through hole ( 7 ) that crosses the base lower portion ( 2 ); the through hole ( 7 ) is intended to be crossed by a fastening element ( 8 ) that fastens the base ( 2 ) to the pavement (P) of the vehicles pathway; the concentric annular recesses with larger diameter ( 4 ) and with smaller diameter ( 5 ) receive the lower end of the respective tubular elements ( 9 ) and ( 10 ); to the concentric annular recess with larger diameter ( 4 ) is attached the tubular element lower portion ( 9 ), which is juxtaposed to a annular edge with larger diameter ( 11 ) that is part of the base ( 2 ), where it may be glued/welded; to the concentric annular recess with smaller diameter ( 5 ) is attached the tubular element lower portion ( 10 ), which is juxtaposed to a annular edge with smaller diameter ( 12 ) that is part of the base ( 2 ), where it may be glued/welded; the external face ( 13 ) of the tubular element with larger diameter ( 9 ) can receive a lane-shaped reflexive coating ( 14 ); between the tubular elements ( 9 ) and ( 10 ), which show different height measures, a spacing (E) is kept.

This specification relates to a utility model patent application proposing a new arrangement inserted into the traffic bollard, which was developed to be used as vehicles traffic guider either in public roads in general as in closed places, such as parking lots.

The current state of the art contemplates a series of solutions for producing vehicles traffic guiding, among which are the popular traffic cones.

Other traffic bollards further include larger pieces, some of them liable to be filled with water, thus gaining mass and may be joined to form a sequence.

In general, the traffic bollards belonging to the state of the art are designed and developed so they may guide the traffic, but they do not present technical characteristics allowing them to resist to impacts or even to be run over by a vehicle, reason why they are not used in a fixed way to the pavement. Thus when they get an impact they may be easily displaced.

Particularly regarding the traffic cones, and considering the general format type showed, they have a base obviously larger than the top, so this base normally further incorporates a dimension square plan even larger than the base dimension of the conical portion, which means that the pieces in general, are large.

As the conventional cones have a large base, they normally are not suitable to the narrow traffic lanes division, where the vehicles have a small space to circulate. That is the case, for example, of roads with reversible lanes, where in a given period of the day one of the lanes in a direction of the way is inverted to receive the traffic in the opposite direction.

In these cases, the space available is already quite restricted and a signaling component with excessively large base eventually contributes even more with the space reduction intended to the vehicles circulation.

By virtue of this inconvenient, the traffic bollard object of this utility model patent application was developed, which, in a different way of the one verified in the traffic bollards belonging to the state of the art, is designed to be arranged fixedly to the road pavement where they must be installed.

The traffic bollard, object of this utility model patent application, is constituted by a solid base and reduced dimensions, which shows a truncated cone shape. From the base of this traffic bollard, two tubular elements are arranged in a concentric form, being one shorter and with smaller diameter assembled internally and the other longer and with larger diameter. The tubular elements are preferably produced in polyurethane, not ruling out the possibility to use others materials.

The tubular elements are assembled against the internal part of the base by using concentric annular.

The concept of this traffic bollard is to provide a signaling element that may be attached to the road pavement in a way that in case of impact or even auto knocking down the traffic bollard may present a flexibility condition such that it allows bending over the impact and return to the following normal condition.

The traffic bollard discussed herein is attached to the pavement by using a pin crossing its solid base, said pin being able to be replaced by a bolt or other fastening element that may be directly inserted into a hole produced in the pavement.

The traffic bollard object of this utility model patent application will be totally understood in all technical particularities from the detailed description that will be made based on the related figures below, in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a general perspective view of an exemplary traffic bollard discussed here,

FIG. 2 illustrates a total cross-section view, said cross-section being taken according to the cutting line “A”-“A” indicated in FIG. 1,

FIG. 3 illustrates a exploded perspective view of the traffic bollard object of this utility model patent application, where all components integrating the same may be noticed separately, however keeping a relative sequential positioning; and

FIG. 4 schematically illustrates an example of a vehicles pathway with two ways or roads, where the crossings separating the roads receive a traffic bollard example discussed here.

According to the Figures illustrated above, the traffic bollard object of this utility model patent application, which is generally indicated by the numeric reference 1, is formed by a solid base 2, which shows a basic truncated cone shape.

The base 2 shows a concentric internal cavity 3, which includes two annular recesses equally concentric, being the concentric annular recess with larger diameter indicated by the reference 4 and the other concentric annular recess with smaller diameter indicated by the reference 5.

The concentric annular recess with larger diameter 4 is aligned with the contouring wall 6 surrounding and delimiting the cavity 3, while the concentric annular recess with smaller diameter 5 is positioned around the through hole 7 crossing the base lower portion 2.

The through hole 7 is intended to be crossed by a fastening element 8, which may be a pin, a bolt or other component fulfilling the same function of joining firmly the base 2 (and consequently the whole traffic bollard 1) to the pavement P of the vehicles pathway.

The concentric annular recesses with larger diameter 4 and with smaller diameter 5 receive the lower end of the respective tubular elements 9 and 10.

To the concentric annular recess with larger diameter 4 is attached the tubular element lower portion 9, which is juxtaposed to a annular edge with larger diameter 11 that it is part of the base 2, where may be glued/welded.

To the concentric annular recess with smaller diameter 5 is attached the tubular element lower portion 10, which is juxtaposed to a annular edge with smaller diameter 12, that it is part of the base 2, where may be glued/welded.

The external face 13 of the tubular element with larger diameter 9 may receive a lane-shaped reflexive coating 14, making the traffic bollard visible even in dark environments or poorly lit and even at night.

The construction of the traffic bollard 1 proposed herein predicts that the tubular elements 9 and 10 may be bent in response to the impact or even the knocking down by a vehicle, being this flexibility a result from the material employed in the referred tubular elements and also by the fact that between them a spacing E is kept.

The flexibility condition of the tubular elements 9 and 10 is also promoted by the height difference between the internal tubular element 10 and the external 9 as such it may be better viewed in FIG. 2.

As its base 2 is attached to the pavement, the traffic bollard 1 may show a slim configuration, which allows its installation as element to split vehicles pathways already quite narrow, case schematically described in FIG. 4. 

1. “ARRANGEMENT INSERTED INTO THE TRAFFIC BOLLARD”, being the traffic bollard indicated by the numeric reference (1), wherein it is composed by a solid base (2), which shows a basic truncated cone shape; the base (2) shows a concentric internal cavity (3), which includes two annular recesses equally concentric, being the concentric annular recess with larger diameter indicated by the reference (4) and the other concentric annular recess with smaller diameter indicated by the reference (5); the concentric annular recess with larger diameter (4) is aligned with the contouring wall (6) surrounding and delimiting the cavity (3), while the concentric annular recess with smaller diameter (5) is positioned around a through hole (7) that lane the base lower portion (2); the through hole (7) is intended to be crossed by a fastening element (8) fastening the base (2) to the pavement (P) of the vehicles pathway; the concentric annular recesses with larger diameter (4) and with smaller diameter (5) receive the lower end of the respective tubular elements (9) and (10); to the concentric annular recess with larger diameter (4) is attached the tubular element lower portion (9), which is juxtaposed to a annular edge with larger diameter (11) that is part of the base (2), where it may be glued/welded; to the concentric annular recess with smaller diameter (5) is attached the tubular element lower portion (10), which is juxtaposed to a annular edge with smaller diameter (12) that is part of the base (2), where it may be glued/welded; the external face (13) of the tubular element with larger diameter (9) may receive a lane-shaped reflexive coating (14); between the tubular elements (9) and (10), which show different height measures, a spacing (E) is kept. 